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New ADGM company service provider framework
Abu Dhabi Global Market has spent only a handful of years on the world stage, yet the island‐based financial centre has already delivered several regional firsts, from staging the annual FinTech Abu Dhabi festival to launching the Gulf’s earliest crypto asset regulations. Its Special Purpose Vehicle regime and its civil law Foundations structure turned heads […]
Setting up VA service providers in ADGM
Abu Dhabi Global Market has done in seven years what many centres take decades to achieve: graft an English-law backbone onto Middle-East capital so that global institutions can transact digital assets with the same certainty they expect in London or Singapore. Since publishing the region’s first dedicated virtual asset framework in 2018, the Financial Services […]
ADGM qualified investor funds
Abu Dhabi Global Market opened its doors in 2015 with a promise to marry common-law certainty to Middle-East opportunity, and in under a decade it has become the preferred booking centre for managers who cater to Abu Dhabi family offices, GCC sovereign vehicles and overseas institutions hunting uncorrelated yield. Among the various wrappers on offer, […]
ADGM investment fund service providers
Abu Dhabi Global Market has rapidly shifted from regional curiosity to globally recognised common law hub, thanks to an English-language judiciary, an independent regulator and a fifty year zero tax guarantee. Fund sponsors choose the island because capital pools sit nearby at sovereign wealth funds, family offices and pension reserve corporations, yet regulatory oversight is […]
Cost of regulated firms in ADGM
Abu Dhabi Global Market, launched in 2015, has moved from newcomer to top-25 financial centre in under a decade. A pure common-law court, a regulator praised by the IMF for its risk-based approach, and a fifty-year tax holiday make the island an obvious springboard for fund managers, fintech operators and proprietary trading desks that need […]
DIFC vs ADGM tech startup license
Technology founders who land in the Gulf quickly discover that two on-shore financial centres dominate conversations about where to incorporate a venture, raise seed capital and hire global talent. Dubai International Financial Centre has enjoyed a seventeen-year head start, building a dense ecosystem of bankers, venture funds and professional advisers. Abu Dhabi Global Market, younger […]
Holding intellectual property using ADGM SPVs
Intellectual property now eclipses plant, equipment and even inventory as the most valuable line on a young company’s balance sheet. Whether the asset is software code, an algorithm that predicts rainfall or a brand recognised across emerging markets, protecting it and monetising it are strategic imperatives. Abu Dhabi Global Market, the region’s only jurisdiction that […]
Owning real estate using ADGM SPVs
Dubai’s freehold market no longer caters only to private individuals who sign a sale and purchase agreement in their own names. Sophisticated buyers now look for corporate wrappers that ring fence liability, simplify family succession and, crucially, avoid repetitive embassy attestations every time a power of attorney or shareholder change is necessary. Since the Dubai […]
ADGM SPV registered agent services
The Abu Dhabi Global Market opened its gates barely a decade ago, yet its Special Purpose Vehicle regime has already become the preferred shell for Gulf investors who need clean ownership, clear common-law backing and straightforward compliance. More than eight hundred SPVs now sit on Al Maryah Island, holding everything from Dubai apartments to Saudi […]
ADGM SPV vs JAFZA offshores
Buyers of Dubai freehold property have long enjoyed straightforward title transfer when purchasing in their own names, yet many investors now want corporate wrappers that ring-fence liability, streamline succession and simplify joint ownership. Until 2024 the Dubai Land Department would record only a Jebel Ali Free Zone Offshore company, commonly called a JAFZA Offshore, on […]
